Pricing policy analysis on injectable narcotic medicines in Ukraine
Keywords:
narcotic analgesics, pricing policy, morphine hydrochloridum
Abstract
Availability of as essential drugs, is an integral component of the health system. Except legislative and regulatory barriers, price of the medicines is a limiting factor in ensuring narcotic analgesics to the population of developing countries.
Analysis of legal documents shows that this group of drugs is not under state price regulation in Ukraine. During the study it was found that the range of purchase prices for 1 vial of morphine in 2010 was 2,5–6,02 hryvna, and during the last 2 years the manufacture prices of injectable narcotic analgesics have been increased more than 2.5 times.
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13. Gromovik B.P., Prokop S.Ye. Problematic issues of organization and pharmaceutical provision of palliative and hospice care in Ukraine. // Management, Economics and Quality Assurance in Pharmacy. - 2012. - No. 2 (22). - P. 54-59.
Published
2019-02-12
How to Cite
Datsiuk, N., Volokh, D., & Sholoiko, N. (2019). Pricing policy analysis on injectable narcotic medicines in Ukraine. Farmatsevtychnyi Zhurnal, (3), 29-34. Retrieved from https://pharmj.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/398
Section
Management, marketing and logistics
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